Hinge.



H. BURGHESS.

HINGE.

AIPLIGATION FILED NOV. 3, 1913- Patented Oct. 6, 1914.

1HE MORRIS PETERS CO.. PHOTO-LITHG., WASHINGTON. D4 Cy i hinges andhasfor its object the production tions and arrangements of H described andclaimed.

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`Ianni/ieri BURcIIEss, orcIIIcAGo, ILLINOIS," Assreivon or ONE-HALF 'roELIAS Ross,

or Niivv venian. Y. l `f HINGE; Y

To all 'whom t may concer/a .i

Be it known that I,`IIE`RMAN BURcHEss, a former subject of the `KingofRoumania, who have declared my intention of becoming a citizen of theUnited States,` anda resident of the city of Chicago,icounty of Cook,and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Hinges, of

which the followin `is a specication.

My invention -re `ates `to improvements `in of a hinge, `designed foruse"` especially upon suit cases, whichwill be of durable construction,one which will be so constructed as to` beadapted `to bel securelyfastened to the wall of the suit case, or othersdevice in conjunctionwith which the saine is employed, so as to prevent thesamebecomingreadily detached, and one which willlbe efficient in use. y

Other objects will appear hereinafter.` The invention consists `in the`combinaparts hereinafter The invention will be best understood byreference to the accompanying drawing forming a part of thisspecificatiomand in which, i u ,y f

Figure l is a `transverse section of a suit case equipped with a hinge"embodying my y invention, Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectionthrough the hinge portion of the suit case, Fig. 3 is a perspective viewof the hinge detached, and Figs. 4 and 5 are per` spective views of thecomponent parts of the hinge disconnected.` y y The preferred formofconstruction as illustrated in the drawing comprises a leaf l providedat one edge with a pintle 2 secured to said leaf by means of ears 3which y project from the` terminals offsaid edgethe outer ends of saidears being wrapped around the ends of said pintle."

Cooperating with the leaf f1 is a second leaf 4, formed at one edge with`an out-yI wardly looped portion 5, which constitutes a? bearing for thepintle 2 which is adapted to snugly engage said shown in Fig. 2. y y i yIn order to reinforce the `bearing `loop i hinge is in use, tobesecurely `fastened to Specification of Letters Patent.` Applicationfiled Novemtrws, `191s;` seriai no. 798,881.1`

`the same is secured. to the depending iiangeof the cover 9 of the`portion i5, as clearly Patentedoeae, i914..

the wallhof the suit case, or other device in conjunction with which thehinge is employed, said extension as well as the leaves l. and 4 beingperforated to accommodate 1 rivets or` other: suitable securing devices,

whereby the saine are securely fastened in position. WVhen the `hinge`is used in` con-` junction `with` a `suit case, the leaf 4 issecured tothe body 7 of thesuit case, the eX-` tension `6 being secured to theinwardly inclined flange 8 `which is `provided at the I mouth of `aconventional suit case, said ex` tensionbeing `inclined slightly toconform with the inclination of the flange to which` i The leaf l issecured suit case inthe usual manner, said leaves 1 and 14 beinginterloeked inl` the manner v clearly illustrated in Fig. 2;

Through the provision of the extension 6,

it will be seen, that theloop 5 will: be ma-` terially reinforced orstrengthened so as to adapt the same to withstand the severe strains towhich the bearing portion 5 is sub-` `jected in use, this portionas isknownbeing subjected to severe strains by reason of this portion ofthehinge being required to support the weight of the Icover `when inopen position as shown in dottedlines in Fig. l.`

By reason of the severe strain to which this leaf of the hinge issubjected when used:

upon suit cases, the same not infrequently, in a short time, loosens and`often is torn fromits position. By providing said eXtension thebearingportion of the `leaf of the hinge will beso strengthened andreinforced as to adapt the same to counteractthe rough usage and strainsto which the same is subjected.

l/Vhile I have illustrated and described the i preferred form ofconstructionfor carrying my invention into effect,this is capableparting from the spirit of the invention.` I, therefore, do not wish tobe `confined to the precisedetails of construction set forth, but

desire to avail myself of such variations and'` of variation andmodification :without` detle; a second leaf having` an outwardly Intestimony whereof I have signed my looped portion at one edgeconstituting a name to this specication in the presence of bearing forsaid pintle and L reinforcing:v two subscribing witnesses.

extension on said loope portion extending Y. therefrom in t directionopposite to said HERMAN BURCHESS' second mentioned leaf, said extensionbeing formed for fastening in position, substzunf l tielly as described.

lVitnesses:

JOSHUA R. H. PoTTs, HELEN F. LILLIs.

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